Our best protection against bigger government in Washington is better government in the states. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Politicians will pander to special-interest groups eager to gain at the public expense. — Donald J. Boudreaux Copy Share Image
Sometimes we don't realize that the government is for the people by the people. — Bushwick Bill Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, European politicians face the ballot box, as do all of us politicians. — Andrea Leadsom Copy Share Image
“I had been right in the first place. Getting involved with politicians is complete stupidity.” — Lindsey Davis Copy Share Image
Freedom unexercised may be freedom forfeited. The preservation of freedom is in the hands of the people themselves - not of the… — Margaret Chase Smith Copy Share Image
I sympathize with politicians who have to watch every syllable they utter for fear it will be misused by somebody with an… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
To buy TV time and bypass the usual filters between the public and political figures, are very powerful devices that people can… — Alexander Stille Copy Share Image
With a library you are free, not confined by temporary political climates. It is the most democratic of institutions because no one… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
“President Kennedy’s eloquence was designed to make men think; President Johnson’s hammer blows are designed to make men act.” — Robert A. Caro Copy Share Image
A standard line, promoted by people like Clement Greenberg, is that politics contaminates art, and Manet is often cited as an example… — Hans Haacke Copy Share Image
I do lots of reading and speaking at many universities about literature and also about politics, which is as much a part… — Grace Paley Copy Share Image
Politics is a game of great patience. A woman has to hold her ground and maintain dignity, holding her head high. — Nagma Copy Share Image
A monarchy is the most expensive of all forms of government, the regal state requiring a costly parade, and he who depends… — James F. Cooper Copy Share Image
The presidential candidates are offering prescriptions for everything from Iraq to healthcare, but listen closely. Their fixes are situational and incremental. Meanwhile,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In other words, "speaking truth" as a social movement may move you forward in some ways, but to really lock in and… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
One day while Lloyd George was making a political speech before a big crowd, a heckler yelled, "Wait a minute, Mr. George.… — David Lloyd George Copy Share Image
I'm not looking to cut massive taxes and to reduce the...the revenues going to the government. My...my number-one principal is, there will… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
My focus and that of all members of the Government responsible for delivering services to the public is to make sure that… — Estelle Morris Copy Share Image
“A government of five hundred country attornies and obscure curates is not good for twenty-four millions of men, though it were chosen… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
Well people often ask me how I felt growing up with a father who was a politician and who was often away.… — Alexander Downer Copy Share Image
“The political spectrum is not a straight, bi-polar line. It's a circle.” — T. Rafael Cimino Copy Share Image
Office tends to confer a dreadful plausibility on even the most negligible of those who hold it. — Mark Lawson Copy Share Image
I wish that a White House celebration of your athletic achievements could be free from politics. — Will Cain Copy Share Image
We are laying the foundations of a government, which we hope may outlast the Pyramids. — Caleb Cushing Copy Share Image
“God bless the disgruntled employee—no one does more to bring openness to government.” — Douglas Preston Copy Share Image
The first duty of an American citizen, then, is that he shall work in politics. — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
People are fed up of politicians who say one thing one day and another the day after. — Maxime Bernier Copy Share Image
There are no generalizations in American politics that vested selfishness cannot cut through. — John Gunther Copy Share Image
The Government chose to give peace a chance. The Government chose to do something to achieve it. — Yitzhak Rabin Copy Share Image
Biden's first day, and Psaki's first day, sent a message that functional government is back. — Brian Stelter Copy Share Image
I passed blindly many things which belong to real and political life. — Max Beckmann Copy Share Image
Nations are born in the hearts of poets, they prosper and die in the hands of politicians. — Muhammad Iqbal Copy Share Image
Today, a politician does not just need public support to win elections; he needs it to govern. — Dick Morris Copy Share Image
